Brazilian Seating
More often than not, vintage mid-century Brazilian furniture designs, with their gleaming wood, soft leathers and inviting shapes, share a sensuous, unique quality that distinguishes them from the more rectilinear output of American and Scandinavian makers of the same era.
Commencing in the 1940s and '50s, a group of architects and designers transformed the local cultural landscape in Brazil, merging the modernist vernacular popular in Europe and the United States with the South American country's traditional techniques and indigenous materials.
Key mid-century influencers on Brazilian furniture design include natives Oscar Niemeyer, Sergio Rodrigues and José Zanine Caldas as well as such European immigrants as Joaquim Tenreiro, Jean Gillon and Jorge Zalszupin. These creators frequently collaborated; for instance, Niemeyer, an internationally acclaimed architect, commissioned many of them to furnish his residential and institutional buildings.
The popularity of Brazilian modern furniture has made household names of these designers and other greats. Their particular brand of modernism is characterized by an émigré point of view (some were Lithuanian, German, Polish, Ukrainian, Portuguese, and Italian), a preference for highly figured indigenous Brazilian woods, a reverence for nature as an inspiration and an atelier or small-production mentality.
Hallmarks of Brazilian mid-century design include smooth, sculptural forms and the use of native woods like rosewood, jacaranda and pequi. The work of designers today exhibits many of the same qualities, though with a marked interest in exploring new materials (witness the Campana Brothers' stuffed-animal chairs) and an emphasis on looking inward rather than to other countries for inspiration.
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2010s Minimalist Brazilian Seating
Steel
2010s Minimalist Brazilian Seating
Brass
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Seating
Textile, Wood
2010s Anglo-Japanese Brazilian Seating
Straw, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Seating
Wood
2010s Arts and Crafts Brazilian Seating
Brass
2010s Brazilian Seating
Quartz
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Seating
Leather, Textile, Upholstery, Faux Leather, Cane, Hardwood, Walnut
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Seating
Leather, Rosewood
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Seating
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Seating
Upholstery
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Seating
Leather, Nylon, Imbuia
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Seating
Velvet, Wood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Seating
Fabric, Wood, Plywood
2010s Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Seating
Wood
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Seating
Fabric, Wood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Seating
Leather, Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Seating
Hardwood, Fabric, Upholstery, Wood
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Seating
Wood, Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Seating
Steel
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Seating
Fabric, Wood, Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Seating
Hardwood, Fabric
1870s Other Antique Brazilian Seating
Wood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Seating
Leather, Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Seating
Straw, Hardwood
2010s Modern Brazilian Seating
Leather, Textile, Hardwood
2010s Minimalist Brazilian Seating
Fabric, Nylon, Wood
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Seating
Early 2000s Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Seating
Hardwood, Cane
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Seating
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brazilian Seating
Steel
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Seating
Bouclé, Hardwood, Feathers
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Seating
Straw, Rosewood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Seating
Wood, Fabric, Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Seating
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Seating
Bronze
Early 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Seating
Silk, Cane, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Brazilian Seating
Steel
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Seating
Bouclé, Wood
2010s Modern Brazilian Seating
Hardwood, Oak
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Seating
Fabric
2010s Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Seating
Wicker, Wood
20th Century Folk Art Brazilian Seating
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Organic Modern Brazilian Seating
Fabric, Hardwood
2010s Post-Modern Brazilian Seating
Leather, Textile, Upholstery, Faux Leather, Cane, Hardwood, Walnut
2010s Modern Brazilian Seating
Hardwood
2010s Brazilian Seating
Fabric
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Seating
Aluminum
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Seating
Leather, Fabric, Wood
2010s Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Seating
Steel
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Seating
Metal
20th Century Brazilian Seating
Cowhide, Wood
2010s Minimalist Brazilian Seating
Laminate, Hardwood
2010s Modern Brazilian Seating
Teak
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Seating
Fabric, Hardwood
2010s Brazilian Seating
Fabric
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Seating
Synthetic, Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Seating
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Seating
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Seating
Leather, Hardwood
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